Amiens

Worth seeing in and around Amiens

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   Notre-Dame d'Amiens

   The Cathedral of Our Lady of Amiens, or simply Amiens Cathedral, is a Catholic cathedral. The cathedral is the seat of the Bishop of Amiens.

   600 m · cathedral located in Somme, in France · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Stade de la Licorne

   Stade de la Licorne is a multi-use stadium in Amiens, France. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Amiens SC. The stadium is able to hold 12,097 people and was built in 1999.

   2.7 km · football stadium · Wikipedia
3. 03
   University of Picardie Jules Verne

   The University of Picardy Jules Verne is a public university located in the former Picardy region of France. It consists of several campuses located in the towns of Amiens, Beauvais, Cuffies, Saint-Quentin, Creil, and Laon.

   3.6 km · French university (Amiens) · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Musée de Picardie

   The Musée de Picardie is the main museum of Amiens and Picardy, in France. It is located at 48, rue de la République, Amiens.

   1.1 km · museum in Amiens, France · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Samarobriva

   Amiens is a city and commune in northern France, located 120 km north of Paris and 100 km southwest of Lille. With 136,449 inhabitants, it is the prefecture of the Somme department in the Hauts-de-France region.

   900 m · archaeological site in France · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Hotel de Berny Museum

   The Hotel de Berny Museum is a local history museum for the region of Picardy. It is located in Amiens.

   800 m · museum about the history of Amiens, France · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Abbey of Saint-Acheul

   The Abbey of Saint-Acheul was a monastery of Canons Regular in the Saint-Acheul district of Amiens, France. It was founded in the 11th century on the site of an ancient church, and was suppressed in 1790 during the French Revolution.

   2.5 km · abbey located in Somme, France · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Amiens Synagogue

   The Amiens Synagogue is an Orthodox Jewish congregation and synagogue, located in the city of Amiens in the Department of Somme, France. The synagogue, rededicated in 2017, replaced two previous buildings.

   800 m · synagogue located in Somme, in France · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Amiens City hall

   The Hôtel de Ville is a municipal building in Amiens, Somme, northern France, standing on the Place de l'Hôtel de Ville. It has been included on the Inventaire général des monuments by the French Ministry of Culture since 1998.

   700 m · town hall in Amiens, France · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Longueau British Cemetery

    Longueau British Cemetery is a First World War cemetery of Commonwealth soldiers in France, located to the east of Longueau, a suburb south-east of Amiens, Somme, France. The cemetery was begun in April 1918 and contains 204 burials, 14 of which are unidentified.

    5.4 km · cemetery located in Somme, in France · Wikipedia

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Getting to Amiens

Airports

Beauvais-Tillé airport (BVA), 51 km · Lille (LIL), 94 km · Charles de Gaulle (CDG), 101 km

Stations

Amiens railway station, 1.2 km · Longueau station, 5.5 km · Gare de Dreuil-lès-Amiens, 5.3 km

• Beauvais → Amiens

  55 km · quickest by road, 1h 13m · €7–9
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• Lesquin → Amiens

  96 km · quickest by road, 2h 13m · €14–19
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• Paris (Roissy-en-France, Val-d'Oise) → Amiens

  101 km · quickest by road, 2h 11m · €14–19
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